Simulation and scaling procedures applicable to maneuvering vehicles for the transitional hypervelocity flow regime are discussed with reference to certain discrepancies between lifting reentry flight data and predicted results. Low-density hypervelocity wind-tunnel data are compared with CFD and in-flight measurements. A general correlation parameter for transitional flow is produced by incorporation of a new geometric term into a form of Reynolds number. It is shown that normalized drag coefficients of a variety of shapes, including spheres, blunt-nosed cones, lifting bodies, and an STS orbiter are correlated by the parameter. A provisional bridging formula for the coefficients is presented.


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    Title :

    Transitional, hypervelocity aerodynamic simulation and scaling in light of recent flight data


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    Publication date :

    1985-06-01


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    Conference paper


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    English


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